Throwing Hack-Weight

Today's Moment of Canadiana features the term "throwing hack-weight," defined here by the songwriter John K. Samson:

"It’s a curling term for when the skip calls the weight you should throw. Hack-weight is when you throw it from one hack, which is where you dig into the ice and slide out from, and if you throw hack-weight you mean it to land at the opposite hack. It’s used as a soft take-out. But if you’re trying to draw, which the person in the song is trying to do, draw to the button, and you’re throwing hack-weight, it means you’re too heavy. You’re sliding right through the house."

(Full Interview Here)